Hinge



VICTOR 'WEBBEEL 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

HINGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June i3, i922.

Application filed August 3, 192i. Serial No. 489,431.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, Vieron WEBBER, a citizen ot the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county ot- Cuyahoga and titate ot Ohio, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Hinges, ot which the 'following is a specication.

My invention relates to improvements 1n hinges, and more particularly to that class or type used in temporarily adjustingfand supporting doors during certain seasons of4 the year, as for example screen doors, and the like.

The invention relates more particularly to an improved hinge mounting plate adapted to be permanently attached to the door traine or other suitable supporting wall at the side ot the door opening and provided 'with independent hinge mounting and fastening elements whereby said hinge may be attached to or detached from said mounting independently of 'the Yfastening elements used in attaching the same to the frame or supporting wall.

rEhe primary object olf the invention is to provide a generally improved hinge mounting ot the class indicated, which will be eX- ceedingly simple in construction, cheap to manu'l'acture, and eliicient in use.

A further object is to provide a mounting plate having its face or hinge leaf supporting suriiace inclined toward the plane of the Atace oit the trame and door to which the parts are attached and inclined toward the opposite hinge leal' whereby the latter will be normally inclined toward the plane of the Atace ot the members to which the hinge leaves are attached so that when the door or hinge is in its closed position the spring in the hinge will tend to securely hold the door in seated or closed position, under the tension or the spring of the hinge.

With the above mentioned and other ends in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement, and combination ot parts. hereinafter described., illustrated in one ot its embodiments in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, forming a part ot this specilication, `Figure 1, is a front elevation ol a door equipped with a pair of hinges mounted and arranged in accordance with this invention.

Fig. Q, au enlarged plan View ot a hinge and mounting` attached.

'.Fig. 3, a cross sectional view taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

ilfig. 4, a plan view of the i'ace side of the lnrlge leal" mounting piate, detached.

nig. 5, a plan viewy olf the under side of the,V mounting plate, detached.

' lf'ig. 6, tace and sectional views, respectively, or one ot the adjustable hinge screw mountings or bushings, detached.

Similar numerals ot reference designate like parts throughout all the ligures of the drawings.

The hinge body l, hinge leaves 2, and actuatlng springs 3 may be of any suitable and convenient construction. n Referring to the improved hinge mounting, to which this invention particularly relates, it will be seen that l provide an improved hinge leai mounting plate 4, adapted to be initially attached to the door` trame 5, or other suitable means of support A-` vthrough the medium oi independent fastening elements 5a, as shown most clearly in `Fig. l, of the drawings.

is a means of causing the hinge leaf 2, to be normally inclined toward the plane of the face oit the mounting plate 4, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3 ot the drawings, when the hinge is not attached to a door, and thereby causing the attached leaf spring when attached to a door to normally close and hold the latter in closed position ,under the tension of the hinge spring, the mounting plate 4, is provided with an inclined face 4, to receive the superposed hinge leaf, thereby normally inclining the opposite hinge leaf at an angle to the 'face ot the supporting wall and attached door, as shown in Fig. 3, and causing the door to be held firmly in a closed position.

As a means of enabling the hinge to be attached to the mounting plate 4, independently of the attaching elements 5, and the mountings of such plate, and to be likewise independently detached therefrom, independent hinge iiastening elements 6 are provided, said fastening elements or screws 6, being adapted to enter the usual screw receiving openings oi.E the hinge leaf, and to be fastened to the supporting plate 4, in any suitable and convenient manner, as for eX- ample, by means of adjustable screw receiving and mounting elements 4b, having beveled sides and ends resting in correspondingly beveled or similarly inclined edges or under-cut sides 4d, of openings 4. The openinge Ll? are preferably somewhat larger than the screw receiving blocks or mountings 1lb, so that the latter may be adjusted somewhat and the blocks 3l-l are provided with threaded openings et@ to receive the independent hinge fastening elements 6. By adjusting the mounting elements li" in the openings Le thereby changing the relative location oi the threaded openings a@ therein, the inclination or relative position ot the hinges may be varied to correspondingly change the position ot the door 7, when the latter is hung.

lfroin the foregoing description, taken in connection vwith the accompanying drawings, the operation and advantages ot my invention will be readily understood.

Having thus described one ot the einbodiments ot my invention7 without having attempted to set forth all the forms in Which it may be made, or all the modes of its use, What l claim and desire to secure by Letters `Patent7 is,-

l. hinge leaf mounting plate having an inwardly inclined face 'for the hinge leaf whereby the opposite leaf of the hinge will be normally inclined toward the plane of the base of said mounting plate when in closed position.

2. ln a hinge, a hinge mounting plate having independent fastening elements and independent adjustable hinge mounting and lasteningelen'ients whereby said hinge may be adjusted and attached to or detached from said mounting plate independently oi vthe mounting of said mounting plate.

ln combination with a hinge including oppositely 'arrangecfl hinge leaves, and independent fastening elements therefor, a mounting plate below one of said hinge leaves having its face inclined toward the opposite hinge leaf whereby the latter will be normally inclined toward the plane of the i'ace oit the members to which `the hinge leaves are attached when the hinge is closed.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

VICTOR 'WEBBER. 

